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Posted on: November 13, 2013
Posted on: November 4, 2013
Animal Vocabulary for Beginning ELLs: Smithsonian Launches New Game
Shutter Bugs is a wonderful game for beginning English Language Learners to learn the names of animals as well as different verbs.
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Posted on: October 24, 2013
How can teachers use media sharing sites in the classroom??
Here’s a “Quick List” of ideas!
Use media sharing sites for…
- Virtual tours of different towns, states, countries, and important sites around the world
- A “What is it?” game with students guessing uses for an uncommon object
- Autobiographies
- Geography studies
- Visual representations of novels, stories, and picture books
- Evidence to support an argument using visual data or primary sources
- Debates on a topic or essential question
Ideas by Grade Level Clusters
- K-5: take digital photos of school and create a virtual tour for new students; upload photos to VoiceThread and post spoken or video comments about events, classes, and celebrations
- 6-8: use Flickr as a multimedia reflective journal by creating a visual interpretation of poetry or young adult literature being read in class; upload photos to correspond with literature
- 9-12: Upload images of places in the world being students as…
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How can teachers use social-networking sites in the classroom??
Here’s a “Quick List” of ideas!
Use social-networking sites for…
- School club or class pages
- Creating pages for someone famous in your discipline (e.g. a scientist, a sports figure, or a literary character)
- Setting up an events page and inviting people to attend (e.g. have a look at the “Perseids Meteor Shower” on Facebook)
- Fundraising for a service project or charity
- Debating themes in literature, science, history, and so forth
- Sharing videos, music, and other information with students or fellow teachers
- Connecting to other classes around a common topic or theme
Ideas by Grade Level Clusters
- K-5: brainstorm what a character’s Facebook page would look like, design a page as a class that reflects the character’s personality, Twitter – compare and contrast typical school day after connecting with a class in a different country
- 6-8: visit “cause” pages to learn about a…
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